Huber Uk Temperature Control Ltd

What Huber Uk Temperature Control Ltd does

Huber Uk Temperature Control Ltd is the UK subsidiary of Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau SE, a German-headquartered (Offenburg) privately-held manufacturer of high-precision temperature control systems sold under the HUBER brand. The company designs and produces dynamic temperature control systems, environmental chillers, bath and circulation thermostats, immersion coolers, flow-through chillers, and specialized accessories spanning a temperature range of -125°C to +425°C and cooling capacities from 0.3 kW (compact chillers) up to 130 kW (Unistat systems). Its technology stack centers on dynamic temperature control with natural refrigerants standardized across the entire product portfolio to comply with EU F-Gas Regulation (EU) 2024/573.

The company sells directly to enterprise customers in research and industry via a sales-led, quote-based model, with regional websites and dedicated contact points covering Germany, France, the UK, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, China, and India. End markets include automotive (BMW, Unimotive line), aerospace (DLR), chemicals/pharmaceuticals (Avanti), biotechnology, semiconductor/electronics, and botanical extraction, with named reference customers such as CERN, Mettler Toledo, Aixtron, Chemglass, and Radleys. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales of temperature control units and recurring/ancillary service revenue including a free 4-year extended warranty upon online registration, maintenance, and repair services. The UK entity is a small subsidiary (9 employees) functioning as a regional sales and service node within the broader global Peter Huber organization, which has been described as a family-founded independent technology enterprise with no external PE/VC ownership signals.

Name

Huber Uk Temperature Control Ltd

Legal name

Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau SE

Website

https://huber-uk.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UK subsidiary of Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau SE, a German manufacturer of high-precision temperature control systems (-125 to +425°C) sold directly to research laboratories and industrial customers across automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, biotech, and semiconductor sectors worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Temperature Control Equipment

NAICS

Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Chillers & Cooling Plant Equipment (IMAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Laboratory temperature control
• Process chillers
• Bath circulators
• Thermostatic systems
• Heat transfer fluids

Headquarters

HQ city

Offenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Temperature Control Equipment Sales: Sale of temperature control units including Unistats, Unichillers, bath thermostats, circulators, and heating/cooling systems. Equipment sales are one-time purchases with optional extended warranty registration.
2. Services and Maintenance: Warranty registration and maintenance services offered for all Huber appliances, including a free extended 4-year warranty upon online registration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UK sales and service subsidiary of the German manufacturer Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau SE, selling precision temperature control systems, process chillers, and bath/circulator thermostats for laboratory and industrial applications. The product range spans -125°C to +425°C and is offered to research, automotive, aerospace, and pharmaceutical customers across the United Kingdom.

Product overview

Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau SE (trading as Huber Uk Temperature Control Ltd) offers a comprehensive portfolio of high-precision temperature control solutions for research and industry. The product portfolio centers on dynamic temperature control systems (Unistat® series) with cooling capacities from 0.48 to 130 kW, complemented by Unichiller® environmental chillers (0.3 to 80 kW), and classical bath/circulation thermostats. Products span temperature ranges from -125°C to +425°C. The company has transitioned entirely to natural refrigerants as standard across all product lines. Key product lines include specialized sub-brands such as Grande Fleur®, Petite Fleur®, and Tango® for -45°C applications, Chili® for high-temperature applications up to +425°C, Unimotive® for automotive testing, and compact chillers (Minichiller®, Piccolo®, RotaCool®). The portfolio also includes Beer Force Ageing Test Baths (BFT®), immersion coolers (TC®), flow-through chillers (DC®), heat transfer fluids, controller technology, and accessories. All products are backed by a 4-year warranty upon online registration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Unistat®: Dynamic temperature control systems - next generation high-precision temperature control
• Unichiller®
• KISS®
• Compatible Control®
• Grande Fleur®
• Petite Fleur®
• Tango®
• Ministat®
• Variostat®
• Minichiller®
• Piccolo®
• RotaCool®
• DC®
• TC®
• BFT®
• Chili®
• Unimotive®
• CS Chiller

Products and services

• Unistat® series

Quantifiable outcome

• Temperature range from -125°C to +425°C
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PolyScience: US-based manufacturer of circulating baths, chillers, and immersion coolers with comparable temperature ranges and use cases in research, biotech, and industrial process cooling — a North American counterpart to Huber's chillers and TC products.
• Grant Instruments: UK-based manufacturer of temperature control products (circulators, baths, chillers, and block heaters) targeting the same lab and research customers as Huber, including the same botanical-extraction and pharmaceutical verticals.
• Julabo: German-headquartered manufacturer of high-precision temperature control instruments (circulators, chillers, and dynamic systems) covering -95°C to +400°C — the closest direct competitor to Huber's Unistat and Unichiller product lines.
• Lauda (Lauda-Königshofen): German precision temperature control specialist offering circulators, bath thermostats, and process chillers comparable to Huber's KISS, Ministat, and Unichiller lines, with strong overlap in pharma and lab research channels.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Global life-sciences and lab equipment incumbent whose Thermo Scientific brand offers recirculating chillers, bath circulators, and process temperature control as part of a much broader instrument portfolio — overlapping with Huber on chillers and circulators sold into pharma/biotech.
• AMETEK (Brookfield): AMETEK's Brookfield and related test & calibration units make precision temperature baths and viscosity/temperature instrumentation that compete with Huber's BFT, Variostat, and circulator ranges inside industrial QA labs.

Emerging players

• IKA Works: German lab equipment maker with overlapping circulator and temperature control offerings for chemistry and pharma labs — adjacent competitor with similar channel dynamics to Huber.

Others

• Jasco (JASCO International): Specialty scientific instrument maker that, like Huber, serves analytical chemistry and research labs; useful as an adjacent peer for understanding the lab-instrument channel and procurement dynamics in shared customer accounts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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